Dave Taylor
@linconspirators.bsky.social
Historian studying Abraham Lincoln's assassination, John Wilkes Booth, and the Booth family.
My website: LincolnConspirators.com
My tour business: LincolnAssassinationTours.com
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My website: LincolnConspirators.com
My tour business: LincolnAssassinationTours.com
Husband to @dicejailjen.bsky.social
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Dave Taylor
@linconspirators.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Hello, followers! I’m an expert on the Lincoln assassination. I study all aspects of April 14, 1865, including the lives of the assassin & his conspirators. Addressing John Wilkes Booth’s dark radicalization in white supremacy and political violence sheds light on Abraham Lincoln’s life and legacy.
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Up next in our spotlight on the Concise Lincoln Library for our Holiday Sale 2025 is LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION by Edward Steers!
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Use code HOLIDAY at siupress.com for 40% this and other titles!
https://www.siupress.com/9780809339655/lincolns-assassination/
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Up next in our spotlight on the Concise Lincoln Library for our Holiday Sale 2025 is LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION by Edward Steers!
Use code HOLIDAY at siupress.com for 40% this and other titles!
https://www.siupress.com/9780809339655/lincolns-assassination/
Use code HOLIDAY at siupress.com for 40% this and other titles!
https://www.siupress.com/9780809339655/lincolns-assassination/
Steve Miller, the expert on the 16th New York Cavalry that tracked down Lincoln’s assassin, tells the story of the other rewards offered for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and the legal fight to claim one of them: lincolnconspirators.com/2025/12/05/t... 🗃️ #skystorians
The Other Reward Offers for John Wilkes Booth’s Capture By Steven G. Miller
“It is hard to get them all in court” The Other Reward Offers for John Wilkes Booth’s Capture By Steven G. Miller One of the most famous broadsides in American History was the one issued by the Wa…
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December 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Steve Miller, the expert on the 16th New York Cavalry that tracked down Lincoln’s assassin, tells the story of the other rewards offered for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and the legal fight to claim one of them: lincolnconspirators.com/2025/12/05/t... 🗃️ #skystorians
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Elizabeth Keckley was a talented seamstress who become a trusted confidante to Mary Lincoln during her years in the White House. After the shooting at Ford’s Theatre, Mrs. Lincoln attempted to summon Keckley to be with her at the President’s deathbed, but the messengers failed to locate her.
December 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Elizabeth Keckley was a talented seamstress who become a trusted confidante to Mary Lincoln during her years in the White House. After the shooting at Ford’s Theatre, Mrs. Lincoln attempted to summon Keckley to be with her at the President’s deathbed, but the messengers failed to locate her.
While putting up our Christmas tree today I was sure to include this ornament from featuring Junius Brutus Booth. The celebrated tragedian and patriarch of the Booth family died aboard a steamboat #OTD in 1852. The 56-year-old’s last words were “Pray, pray, pray.” 🗃️
November 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
While putting up our Christmas tree today I was sure to include this ornament from featuring Junius Brutus Booth. The celebrated tragedian and patriarch of the Booth family died aboard a steamboat #OTD in 1852. The 56-year-old’s last words were “Pray, pray, pray.” 🗃️
It’s Black & White Friday on MeTV Toons. They are showcasing amazing cartoons from the early period of animation. I just watched Betty Boop/Grampy cartoon beautifully restored by @fleischertoons.bsky.social followed by the debut of Daffy Duck in Tex Avery’s cartoon Porky’s Duck Hunt (1937). 🗃
November 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It’s Black & White Friday on MeTV Toons. They are showcasing amazing cartoons from the early period of animation. I just watched Betty Boop/Grampy cartoon beautifully restored by @fleischertoons.bsky.social followed by the debut of Daffy Duck in Tex Avery’s cartoon Porky’s Duck Hunt (1937). 🗃
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The U.S. officially observed its first national Thanksgiving in 1863. Ford’s Theatre took part in the celebration, with shows by the visiting stars Ada and Emma Webb who had replaced John Wilkes Booth. A large broadside advertising the sisters can be seen in this 1863 photo of the Treasury building.
November 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The U.S. officially observed its first national Thanksgiving in 1863. Ford’s Theatre took part in the celebration, with shows by the visiting stars Ada and Emma Webb who had replaced John Wilkes Booth. A large broadside advertising the sisters can be seen in this 1863 photo of the Treasury building.
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The number one piece of advice I can give people starting major research projects is to do your own transcriptions.
There is no better way of understanding your subject, their lives, and who they were than looking at their handwriting and using your brain to figure out what they're saying.
There is no better way of understanding your subject, their lives, and who they were than looking at their handwriting and using your brain to figure out what they're saying.
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The number one piece of advice I can give people starting major research projects is to do your own transcriptions.
There is no better way of understanding your subject, their lives, and who they were than looking at their handwriting and using your brain to figure out what they're saying.
There is no better way of understanding your subject, their lives, and who they were than looking at their handwriting and using your brain to figure out what they're saying.
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Buy your tickets now for our inaugural Lincoln Assassination Tour on Saturday, March 14, 2026. All tickets for this tour are $20 off our regular tour price. It’s a full day of immersive history with lunch included for just $145 (plus Eventbrite’s ticketing fees). www.eventbrite.com/e/lincoln-as...
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Buy your tickets now for our inaugural Lincoln Assassination Tour on Saturday, March 14, 2026. All tickets for this tour are $20 off our regular tour price. It’s a full day of immersive history with lunch included for just $145 (plus Eventbrite’s ticketing fees). www.eventbrite.com/e/lincoln-as...
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Sign up for a Lincoln Assassination Tour and visit Cleydael, the historic home of Dr. Richard Stuart. This private home has been beautifully restored by the owners, and they graciously allow us inside for a tour. Register for a Spring 2026 tour today: lincolnassassinationtours.com/register/
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Sign up for a Lincoln Assassination Tour and visit Cleydael, the historic home of Dr. Richard Stuart. This private home has been beautifully restored by the owners, and they graciously allow us inside for a tour. Register for a Spring 2026 tour today: lincolnassassinationtours.com/register/
In honor of #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, here’s a video about three Native witnesses who observed the return of the missing Abraham Lincoln assassination conspirator. #skystorians 🗃️
When the fugitive Lincoln assassination conspirator John Surratt was returned to the U.S. to face trial in 1867, he came face-to-face with members of the Kanza/Kaw tribe. For Native American Heritage Month, we share the story of The Kaw and the Last Lincoln Conspirator:
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The Kaw and the Last Lincoln Conspirator
YouTube video by Lincoln Assassination Tours
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November 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
In honor of #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, here’s a video about three Native witnesses who observed the return of the missing Abraham Lincoln assassination conspirator. #skystorians 🗃️
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Happy Birthday to Edwin Booth! Despite his success as the greatest Hamlet of all time and one of the best actors of his generation, Edwin forever lived in the private melancholy and shame of his brother’s crime at Ford’s Theatre.
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Happy Birthday to Edwin Booth! Despite his success as the greatest Hamlet of all time and one of the best actors of his generation, Edwin forever lived in the private melancholy and shame of his brother’s crime at Ford’s Theatre.
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Lt. John Toffey was in the audience of Ford’s Theatre & then rushed to tell the news of the crime to his superiors. While reporting, a riderless horse galloped by, which Toffey overtook. It was later discovered that the horse had been ridden by Lewis Powell after his attack on Seward. #VeteransDay
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Lt. John Toffey was in the audience of Ford’s Theatre & then rushed to tell the news of the crime to his superiors. While reporting, a riderless horse galloped by, which Toffey overtook. It was later discovered that the horse had been ridden by Lewis Powell after his attack on Seward. #VeteransDay
Living in Texas means still having to cut the grass in November, but at least I can rep Green Mount Cemetery and Junius Brutus Booth while I do so.
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Living in Texas means still having to cut the grass in November, but at least I can rep Green Mount Cemetery and Junius Brutus Booth while I do so.
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Excited to be published in the current Surratt Courier, the premiere forum on the #Lincoln #assassination since 1975. I introduce Joseph B. Stewart, the lawyer who chased Booth, and subject of my upcoming #biography. Read here: www.surrattmuseum.org/surratt-cour...
#history #skystorians #booksky
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#history #skystorians #booksky
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November 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Excited to be published in the current Surratt Courier, the premiere forum on the #Lincoln #assassination since 1975. I introduce Joseph B. Stewart, the lawyer who chased Booth, and subject of my upcoming #biography. Read here: www.surrattmuseum.org/surratt-cour...
#history #skystorians #booksky
💙📚✍🏻
#history #skystorians #booksky
💙📚✍🏻
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Fanny Seward is on this Lincoln Assassination Tour badge. She was an eyewitness to the savage stabbing of her father, Sec. of State William Seward, & others. She later wrote in her diary of the event, “Blood, blood my thoughts seemed drenched in it—I seemed to breathe its sickening odor.”
November 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Fanny Seward is on this Lincoln Assassination Tour badge. She was an eyewitness to the savage stabbing of her father, Sec. of State William Seward, & others. She later wrote in her diary of the event, “Blood, blood my thoughts seemed drenched in it—I seemed to breathe its sickening odor.”
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I'll be speaking about my research on Edwin Booth, celebrity, and grief in Alexandria, VA next week and tickets are almost gone! If you're looking for something to do next Saturday, I can promise that you'll learn something new!
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Brother to the Assassin: Edwin Booth and the Rebirth of American Theatre
This lecture will explore the career of Edwin Booth, whose work was overshadowed by the infamous act of his brother, John Wilkes Booth.
www.eventbrite.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I'll be speaking about my research on Edwin Booth, celebrity, and grief in Alexandria, VA next week and tickets are almost gone! If you're looking for something to do next Saturday, I can promise that you'll learn something new!
www.eventbrite.com/e/brother-to...
www.eventbrite.com/e/brother-to...
Did I stay up late binge watching Death By Lightning? You bet I did. What a great limited series about President Garfield and his tragic death at the hands of Charles Guiteau. I’ve actually seen the bottle containing part of Guiteau’s brain and his skeleton in person. #skystorians
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Did I stay up late binge watching Death By Lightning? You bet I did. What a great limited series about President Garfield and his tragic death at the hands of Charles Guiteau. I’ve actually seen the bottle containing part of Guiteau’s brain and his skeleton in person. #skystorians
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[Broadside for the Capture of John Wilkes Booth, John Surratt, and David Herold] https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/283200
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
[Broadside for the Capture of John Wilkes Booth, John Surratt, and David Herold] https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/283200
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At the end of a Lincoln Assassination Tour, all participants receive a “Lincoln’s Avengers” sticker, based on real medals given out to the leaders of the 16th NY Cavalry who hunted down John Wilkes Booth. Snag yours by signing up for an upcoming tour: lincolnassassinationtours.com/register/
November 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
At the end of a Lincoln Assassination Tour, all participants receive a “Lincoln’s Avengers” sticker, based on real medals given out to the leaders of the 16th NY Cavalry who hunted down John Wilkes Booth. Snag yours by signing up for an upcoming tour: lincolnassassinationtours.com/register/
I was throughly confused at first when my “Lincoln assassination” Google alert gave me a link about an upcoming Miss Piggy movie. But I’m always in favor of more Muppets.
Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone Developing ‘Miss Piggy’ Movie With ‘Oh, Mary’ Tony-Winner Cole Escola variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone Developing ‘Miss Piggy’ Movie With ‘Oh, Mary’ Tony-Winner Cole Escola
Jennifer Lawrence says she's making a "Miss Piggy" movie with Emma Stone and Cole Escola.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I was throughly confused at first when my “Lincoln assassination” Google alert gave me a link about an upcoming Miss Piggy movie. But I’m always in favor of more Muppets.
Edwin Booth’s saving of Robert Todd Lincoln at a train depot in 1864 is an interesting story, and I’m all for telling people about it, but don’t use generative AI for your illustrations. Otherwise you get images like this where Robert Lincoln has an extra arm coming out of his ass. #NoAI
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Edwin Booth’s saving of Robert Todd Lincoln at a train depot in 1864 is an interesting story, and I’m all for telling people about it, but don’t use generative AI for your illustrations. Otherwise you get images like this where Robert Lincoln has an extra arm coming out of his ass. #NoAI
I am a historian of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and a former elementary school teacher. I love everything about #publichistory. I hope my fellow #skystorians 🗃️ and history enthusiasts will consider taking a tour with my new business, LincolnAssassinationTours.com.
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November 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I am a historian of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and a former elementary school teacher. I love everything about #publichistory. I hope my fellow #skystorians 🗃️ and history enthusiasts will consider taking a tour with my new business, LincolnAssassinationTours.com.
Closing off Halloween night with my tradition of listening to Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds radio broadcast, in the dark. Still as great and effective as ever: archive.org/details/Orso...
The War of the Worlds : Orson Welles-Mr. Bruns : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is the 1938 radio broadcast of Orson Welles War of the Worlds.
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November 1, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Closing off Halloween night with my tradition of listening to Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds radio broadcast, in the dark. Still as great and effective as ever: archive.org/details/Orso...
My jack-o-lantern this year.
October 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
My jack-o-lantern this year.